Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-30
TO VOTE OR NOT VOTE?
THAT Is THE QUESTION THAT THE SENATE
DEBATED YESTERDAY.
The Rights Of the Present Session he Subject Of Long
Speschss-hOrs % aow-Prsdsnt Price
VIII Speak ID. BallOt-Ths
PrOcsedings Yesterday. y
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tions offered by senators..SOmmerville ant
FlournOy, relating to the Senatorial mat
ter. The resolution of Mr.. Sommeryill,
provides that it is the sense of this Leeisla
ture that it is its duty to elect United
States Senator.
Senator FlOurnoy moved TO amend tn,
resolution by striking out all but the It'll,
and substituting therefor his resolution
which provides that there is no authority
in the Legislature to elect Senator.
Senator SOmmeryille secured the foo
and spoke for about four hours. His argu
ment against the amendment and in favol
OF his own proposition was thorough anu
exhaustive, a great number of contested
cases in the Senate of the United States
being cited and read.
Senator FlOurnoy followed in an argu
ment Of nearly two hours duration in be.
half Of his amendment, citing cases and
parliamentary practice to show that thi,
was not such session as the Constitution
contemplated for the election OF Senator
The Senate adjourned before any vote
bad been reached upon the questions be
fore it.
President Price will speak tomorrow in
favor of the resolution of Mr.. SOmmeryille
He claims it is the right and duty of this
Legislature at this session to elect Sena.
tor.
Senator'S McCreery and Dawson will alsC
speak, the former in favor of, and the lat
ter against, the right to elect at this ses
sion. The vote on Senator Sommerville'S
resolution will probably result, ayes 10
noes 10. President Price and Senator
Switzer will vote in the affirmative.
LUCAS CIRCULAR IN THE SENATE.
During the morning session a lengthy
letter was laid on the desks of member:
addressed to Delegates Chew and Beck
With, written by Col. Lucas, denying the
right of this Legislature to elect and
claiming his Appointment holds good, and
that he will contest the seat if any election
is made
Immediately after the reassembling o.
the Senate this afternoon, Senator Som
merville yielded the floor to Senator Mi.
near for the purpose of moving an ad'
iOurnment, in order that the Bribery
Investigation Committee might hear any
witnesses brought before it. Mr.. Minear
claimed that as charges had been made
duplicating him he was entitled to, and
demanded an immediate investigation in
to the matter. The Senate, however, re-
fused to adjourn or take recess, aud the
matter goes over until further day.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE
are of the most monOtonous nature, the
general appropriation bill occupying the
time.
Mr.. MeWhorter tried again to get in his
pet motion to limit the speeches on the
appropriation bill to five minutes, after the
reading of the bill had been resumed, but
was ruled out order.
The principal amendments made was the
reduction from $1,000 to 81, 300 Of the
claim of Caldwell < Caldwell for legal ser
vices in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
case, the fixing of the salariesOt the lnspec'
tor of Mines at 81, ,O00 per annum; making
appropriation sufficient for the payment o.
claims of sheriffs on file in the Auditor
Office, and the authorization Of the Auditor
to paw expense Of publishing 100 copies O
The repOrt and evidence Of the Committee
appointed to investigate the Asylum fol
the Insane, as we'll as the evidence taken
by the Board of Directors. The amend
meut offered in this connection provoked
much discussion, occupying the greater
part of the afternoon session, As the re-
ports of the Committee and Directors 81
widely differ, this seems the only way to
ever discover which are correct
Determined efforts were made by Mr.. Cor
rell to make reductions IN fees
allowed attorneys in railroad cases. An
amendment to reduce the fee allowed Gen.
C., C.. Watts OF 5000, for his services III
the railroad cases, to Sl,s0O, was defeated
by a vote of A to II, and an amendment
to reduce to s., 500, by vote Of az to 10.
The work on the bill is progressing slowly,
the House not being much more than hall
through it.
Charles Newton and VIM. Il. Pierson, Oi
Graxton C. H; w. II. Friedel, of Wheel,
inc, and S. l.. Roger, of Philippi, are
among the late West Virginia arrivals
this evening.
Ed Robertson, of Wheeling, came in to-
night.
A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republican members OF the Legisla'
ture met in caucus in the Supreme Court
room, and were in session until nearly
midnight.
The questions under discussion were
whether or not the Republicans should
nartieipate in an election ahould the Legis'
iature be in session on Tuesday next,
and the action of some members
who were reported to have
siynitied an intention of voting for Senator
Camden. The discussions were exciting.
Several members who were understood to
he in favor of voting for Senator Camden
were severely criticised, and finally q reso-
linton was adopted agreeing not to vote for
n Democrat. Before the vote was taken,
however, quite q number had LETT the
room. and it can not be ascertained whether
they will he bound by the action OF the
caucus or not.
senator Dawson said that it certain
members insisted upon voting for Camden
or any Ts.uUcrat he would be mlsrepre-
senting his constituents and would inJure
the party throughout the State; Senator
Furbee counseled au adherence to the poll
cy presented last winter, claiming that the
narty was in better shape now than ut any
time for years and if they remained to-
yether firm, the success of the party was
assured in 1855.
MT. McWhorter inquired OF Senator
Carr whether he had not said he would
vote for Mr.. Camden. Mr.. Carr replied
that he had rot said 80, but had said that
ratber than have Lucas as n Senator as the
onpointee of Governor Wilson he would
vote for Camden. Mr.. McWhorter further
in0uired of Mr.. Carr whether he did not
know he (Carr) would have been defeated
had il been known that he would vote for a
Democrat, to which Mr. Carr replied IN
tbe negative. Mr.. Carr further stated that
no was responsible to his constituency for
his action. and was ready to answer to them
AZ auy time; that he did not propose to
have anybody dictate to him.
Mr.. Morris stated that if one, two or
half dozen Republicans should vote for
Camden it would set the Republican party
hack ten years in the State. He further
r,arkv han the